What is your special sublineage?; {= ogbe} "village"; a constituent part of a "quarter" which is itself part of a "town" {ọbọdọ}, containing a number of patrileages {ụmụ nna}

Ọnịcha Ebo Itenaanị

the Nine Villages of Onitsha

Ebo

male name {short for Ebozinam, stop accusing me}

ebụ

mildew; mould

ma ebụ

grow mould

Ụtala e lofụlụ n'ime akpati nnị amago ebụ

The pounded fufu forgotten in the food-box has gone mouldy

ebu

hornet; getting fat

ebụ

wasp; hornet

akpa ebu

wasps' nest

ebụbe

marvel; wonder; majesty

ife ebụbe

a wonder

kobe ebụbe

honour {hang honour on}

me ebụbe

beautify; decorate

ebụbe agụ

African Bowstring Hemp or Leopard Lily {Sansevieria Liberica }, seen in Agwụ shrines and used as a charm against thieves or a medicine for pregnant women

ebụbo, ebụbọ, ebụbo

accusation; charge {bo accuse}

bo ebụbo

levy accusation; accuse

E bọlụ ya ebụbo orị

He has been accused of stealing

Ebụbo ka onya mma

A false accusation is worse than a matchet wound

ebụnụ

ram

ebụnu Idemịli

the ram of the Idemili god {This ram lives mainly in the Idemili god's shrine and its surroundings. Also roams about the village from compound to compound. The ram must not be beaten or killed by anybody, as it is believed that anyone who does this will automatically be visited and killed by the god.}

society of warriors. They are not necessarily warriors who go to battle. But their society is a warrior-like one. Members dress like warriors with helmetlike hats stuck full of long feathers, with cutlasses in their hands. They are usually invited to grand traditional ceremonies, funerals of great men and of course to funerals of their dead members. They greet each other by knocking the blades of each other's swords together

egbili

fish {= igbenụ}

egbọ

boundary around compound or village; more especially the entrance, shaped like goalposts, of bamboo palm leaves or ọgilisi, which bears protective medicines

egbu

tree; bark used medicinally for cure of different kinds of ịba or akọm

egbugbele ọnu

lip{s}

egbugbu

tattoo; mark

gbu egbugbu

tattoo; mark

egu

a kind of edible caterpillar

egwe

wall of beaten earth

egwu

drum; dance; play; entertainment

egwu alusị

sacred dances

egwu card

card trickster; An Igbo music tracks of Artist Leonard Okpala alias "Peace Maker" Iwere nkea iri mụ ego and Uwam ya diba.{ Album Long Time No see has tracks: Long Time No See, Peace Maker Jelu Mmụọ, oyoyo Nwa[Ego N'ejeije Special]

egwu ọta

ritual drum

egwu ụdụ

music in which ụdụ features prominently

gba egwu

dance

ọgba egwu

dancer

gwụ egwu

play

gwuli egwu

play about

gwụsọ egwu

play with someone

nnwa egwu

doll

ọtụ egwu

dancing club

ọgụ egwu

singer; minstrel

te egwu

dance in a peculiar way

gwọ egwu

dance very well in type of dance in which back muscles come into play

egwụ

fear; fearful, terrible or fierce-looking thing; dangerous thing

abanị dị egwụ

bandit

atụ egwụ

courage; bravery; boldness

dị egwụ

be dangerous, dreadful

tụ egwụ

fear; respect; be afraid of

yi egwụ

frighten

egwu igbo

Igbo music

egwugwu

the most elderly and most venerated form of the incarnate dead, of Igala origin {Igala egwụgwụ, = mmụọ ogonogo}

priest {of a particular spirit that has a shrine and an organized cult}

eze amoosu

chief of wizards

eze anị

life-size image of carved wood

eze kachasị akasị

God in heaven

eze mmụọ

king of underworld

eze nwaayi

queen

ada eze

princess

anị eze

kingdom

chi eze

become, be installed chief or king

Ndụbeeze, Ndụbeze

male name {life is king or life is most important}

oche eze

throne

ọkpu eze

crown

zọ eze

contest for chieftancy title; the best or chief of its kind

eze anụmanụ

king of the beasts, the elephant

eze azụ

king of the fish {Gymnarchus niloticus}

eze nnụnụ

king of the birds, the eagle

ezi

goodness; truth; kindness

n'ezie {shortened from n'ezi okwu} truly

N'ezie onye orị ka ọ bụ

Truly he is a rogue

ezi ndụ

health

ezi okenye

aged person

ezi okwu

truth

kwu ezi okwu

speak the truth

ezi ọmụme

good deeds; righteousness

ezi udo

perfect peace

n'ezi okwu

really; in reality; indeed; truly

ezi

pork; Outside; good

ezi

pig; domestic pig; dirty person

ezi ọfịa

bushpig; Red River Hog {Choeropotamus porcus porcus}

anụ ezi

pork

ọkwụlụ ezi

pawpaw; papaya

ezi, ezi

outside or precincts of a house

ezi ama

space in front of the compound outside the compound wall and beginning from the main gate; street

ezi ịba

court of a native house

ezi ịlo

precincts of a house

ezi na ụnọ

household headed by one man

nwe ezi na ụnọ

become a householder

bọ ezi

clear a path, road, of weeds

mbala ezi

compound inside walls {contrast ilo}

ọkpụ ezi ụzọ

middle of path or road; main road; permanent path

ụzọ ezi ama

main entrance to a compound

ezi

menses

ezi

loan

ezigbo

good; true; kind

Ọ bụ ezigbo mmadụ

He is a good person

ezi okwu bu ndu

truth is life

ezigbo ehihie

greeting: good afternoon

ezigbo ehihie

reply: good afternoon

ezigbo mgbede

reply: good evening

ezu

stealing; being complete

Igbo Dotted Vowel Codes

Vowel

ALT Code

Ị

ALT+7882 or &#7882;Capital I dot

ị

ALT+7883 or &#7883;Lower I Dot

Ọ

ALT+7884 or &#7884;Caiptal O Dot

ọ

ALT+7885 or &#7885;Lower O Dot

Ụ

ALT+7908 or &#7908;Capital U Dot

ụ

ALT+7909 or &#7909;Lower U Dot

Ṅ

ALT+7748 or &#7748;Upper N Dot

ṅ

ALT+7749 or &#7749;Lower N Dot

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